My editor just sent an electronic copy of the page proofs for House of Hope and Fear, which will be out in August. After endless writing, rewriting, editing, and more rewriting, my words have been transformed into something fresh and new by the miracle of typesetting. Exciting times! Only problem is, I can’t turn off the part of my brain that’s forever reworking a sentence, and it’s hard not to want to change everything. My editor is just cringing in pain as she reads this.

audrey young

I'm a general internist from Seattle. My first book was What Patients Taught Me. The latest book is House of Hope and Fear, published in August 2009, and now out in paperback. For more about both books and about physician writers, please visit my website.